Bottle opener



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BOTTLE OPENER Filed Dec. 1, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 way (It) UYVUQ/YVt Q .1 EWPoLLo/i Oct. 8, 1935. F. w. POLLOCK wmm BOTTLE OPENER Filed Dec. 1, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet? Patented Oct. 8, 1935 BOTTLE OPENER Fred W. Pollock, Eugene, 0reg., assignor of onehalf to Frank M. Orabill, Eugene, Oreg.

Application December 1, 1934, Serial No. 755,593

2 Claims. (01. -46) This invention relates to a bottle opener, one of the objects being to provide a device of this character which simulates a bottle in appearance and can be sold as an article for general use or can be distributed as an advertising novelty.

Another object of'the invention is to provide an all metal device of this character which is formed of few parts and in which the portion employed for engaging a bottle cap is normally concealed, it

being possible by slight longitudinal pressure on a part of the device, to bring the several parts into proper position for removing a bottle cap.

A still further object is to provide a bottle opener which is not only attractive in appearance but is also durable in construction, it being impossible for the parts to become accidentally separated except by breakage after the parts have once been assembled.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a side elevation of the device showing the parts in their normal positions.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the structure with the parts located as in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the bottle opener shifted into cap-engaging position.

Figure 4 is a section on line 44 Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a section taken on the same line as Figure 4 but looking in the opposite direction, the hook being removed.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the upper body portion shown in Figures 2 and 3.

Figure 7 is a bottom plan view of the lower body portion shown in said figures.

Figure 8 is a side elevation showing the two body portions assembled with the outer casing sections removed.

Figure 9 is a section on line 9-9 Figure 2.

Figure 10 is a section on line IBI E) Figure 2.

Figure 11 is a section on line I I-I I Figure 2.

The present device is made up of two inner or body members oppositely disposed and in sliding engagement with each other, an outer casing member covering each of the body members, a

cap, and a hook. Under some conditions an added part can be used, namely, a label portion.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, I designates a body member formed of metal and shaped to provide a longitudinally ex- 5 tended channeled portion 2 having flat horizontal sides 3 along the free edges of which are formed laterally extended flanges 4. The flat side walls .are fiared at one end to form arcuate end flanges 6 angular in cross section, the outer curved 10 surfaces of which merge into the arcuate end portion i of the channeled body 2 so as to form a substantially semi-circular recess indicated at 8. The other end of the body I can be tapered or otherwise shaped at 9 to simulate one-half of the 15 neck and mouth portion of a bottle.

At a point between its ends the body is formed with a transverse depression It intersected by a short slot I I and seated in this depression are laterally extended lugs I2 projecting from one end 20 pletely house it when all of the parts of the opener are in their normal positions. The angular form of the shank i3 also allows the hook to be extended in proper position for engaging a. cap when the opener has been adjusted for that purpose. 30

The other body portion of this device has been indicated at I5 and includes a longitudinal channeled portion I6 having opposite extending side flanges I I. These flanges terminate at one end in arcuate flanges I8 angular in cross section, the 35 curved outer faces thereof merging into the curved end portion I9 of the body l5 so as to form a substantially semi-circular recess 20 in said end of the body. The sides of the channeled portion I6 are flat and preferably parallel 40 as indicated at 2|. At that end of the body remote from the recess 20 there is provided an extension 22 similar to the extension 9 so that when the two body portions I and I5 are assembled opposite each other and in contact so that the 45 flanges 4 will rest on the flanges H, the two extensions 9 and 22 will substantially simulate the neck and mouth portion of a bottle.

Longitudinal slits 23 are provided in the channeled portion I6 and extend thereinto from'the 50 recessed end I9. The metal between these slits forms a supporting tongue or rest 24 which is inclined outwardly toward the plane of the flanges I'I.

Each of the flanges I! has a longitudinal side 65 wing 25 which is extended at right angles thereto and inwardly so that each wing, which is angular in cross section, thus overlies its flanges l1.

Mounted on the body l is an outer casing or shell 26 simulating one-half of a bottle and this shell has a semi-circular end portion 21 which is pressed into the recess 8 while at the opposite end of the shell there is provided a small tongue 28 adapted to be bent back into a notch 28' in the body I. Thus the shell casing member 26 is fixedly secured to the body I.

Another shell or casing member 29 simulating one-half of a bottle is mounted on the outer surface of body member 15 and has a semicircular end portion 3i] pressed into the recess 28 while at the other end of this shell or casing member there is a tongue 3! bent back into a notch 32 formed in the adjacent end of the extension 22 of body i5.

In assembling the parts of this device the hook is combined with the body portion i, the shells are applied on the respective body portions, and said body portion i is then placed on the body portion l5 with the end 21 adjacent to the neck portion or extension 22 of the opposed section. Said body portion l is then slid longitudinally so as to move the end portion 2? toward the end portion 36 and away from the neck portion 22. This will cause the angular wings 25 to slide into engagement with the flanges l as shown in Figures 9. and 10 and as soon as the small end of body portion 5 and its shell 26 have passed inwardly from the corresponding end of body portion 55 a cap 33 simulating an ordinary crown cap can be soldered or otherwise fastened on the small end of shell 25 as shown in Figure 3. The body i and the parts carried thereby can then be slid back until the small end of shell 26 moves into the cap 33. This will bring the end portions 2? and 35 into alinement and the parts will assume the positions shown in Figures 1 and 2 with hook M'resting on and supported by the inclined tongue 25. With the parts thus located the device will have the appearance of a miniature bottle and can be stood up on end.

while hook I4 can be caught in the flange of said cap (see Figure 3). The neck portion of the device can then be used as a handle and by pulling it upwardly as indicated by the arrow in said figure, the cap-engaging portion of shell 26 will act as a fulcrum and hook M will pull on the flange of the cap and disengage the cap from its bottle. After the device has been used the member l and its shell can be slid back into the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, thereby causing the hook to swing up into the body portion l and assume the position shown in Figure 2.

Obviously after the parts have once been assembled and the cap 33 fastened in place it will not be possible to separate them and, therefore, there will be no danger of any of the parts becoming lost or misplaced.

If desired the representations of labels can be impressed on portions of the device or thin plates representing labels and bearing suitable data can be soldered or otherwise joined to one or both of the shells. Representations of these labels have been indicated at 34.

What is claimed is:

l. A bottle opener including opposed members slidably connected and each including a flanged body and an outer shell mounted on the body, the shells cooperating to conceal the bodies when assembled, means on the flanges on one of the bodies and cooperating with the flanges of the other body for holding said bodies against separation when moved in one direction relative to each other, means carried by the shell on one or the bodies and cooperating with the shell on the other body for limiting the relative movement of the bodies in the opposite direction, a hook movably connected to one of the bodies and normally housed between the bodies, said hook being shiftable to position outside of one of the bodies when the other body is moved in one direction relative to said body.

2. A bottle opener simulating a longitudinally split bottle and including slidably connected upper and lower portions, cooperating means thereon for holding said portions against separation while in use, one of said portions when shifted longitudinally relative tothe other portion providing an end projecting beyond the'end of the other portion for bearing upon a cap to be removed from a bottle, and a hook carried by said portion and normally housed within both portions, said hook being shiftable to hanging position under the projecting end of one member and across the end of the other member by said relative movement of the opposed portions.

FRED W. POLLOCK. 

